Dianne Doan

Dianne Doan (born September 8, 1990) is a Canadian actress. She is known for portraying Lonnie in the Disney Channel Original Movies Descendants and Descendants 2.

Dianne Doan
Born (1990-09-08) September 8, 1990
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActress

Early life

Doan was born and raised in Abbotsford, British Columbia to parents of Vietnamese descent.[1] Her grandmother is one-half Chinese making Doan one-eighth Chinese.[2]

She first developed an interest in acting in grade 9 when she took drama classes as an elective. She started technical training in dance at the age of 10.[3]

Career

As a young adult, she later performed as a dancer in the Opening Ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and as a back-up dancer for Michael Bublé. In addition, she's worked as a dancer to other music videos for recording artists including Big Time Rush and Marianas Trench as well as worked on Fox's So You Think You Can Dance.[3]

While she's made small appearances on shows like ABC's Once Upon a Time and TV Land's Impastor, her big break came when she was cast in the Disney Channel made-for-television film Descendants as Lonnie, the daughter of Mulan and Li Shang. Disney's Descendants expanded into a successful franchise including prequel live-action mini series (which aired before the initial film), a sequel and an animated spin-off.

In 2016, she was cast in a major recurring role in History Channel's Vikings as Yidu for season four.[4] Following that, she starred in a major role Verizon (go90) and AwesomenessTV's webseries Guidance where she played twin sisters.[5]

In 2017, she joined the main cast of Cinemax's Warrior as the character of Mai Ling as a Series Regular. The series is produced by filmmaker Justin Lin, based on an original concept by the late Bruce Lee.[6]

Personal life

In 2019 she became engaged to actor Manny Jacinto.[7]

Filmography
Television and film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2013 Once Upon a Time Isra Episode: "Selfless, Brave and True"
2013 Impastor Chelsea Episode: "Genesis"
2015 Descendants: School of Secrets Lonnie / Secret Blogger Television shorts; voice role
2015 Descendants Lonnie Television film
2016 Vikings Yidu Recurring role (season 4); 7 episodes
2017 Descendants 2 Lonnie Television film
2017 Guidance Faith and Grace Park-Jensen Web series; main role (season 3)
2017 Legends of Tomorrow Anh Ly Episode: "Welcome to the Jungle"[8]
2019 Good Trouble Kate 3 episodes
2019–2020 Warrior Mai Ling Main role
2020 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Kora Recurring role (season 7); 6 episodes
TBA Last Night in Suburbia Rachel Post-production

References
  1. "Dianne Doan - :: Naluda Interviews". Naluda Interviews. July 29, 2015. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  2. "What's an Asian woman doing in a show about Vikings?". February 15, 2016. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  3. "Artist Profile: Dianne Doan". Asian Pacific Post. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  4. Petski, Denise (December 17, 2015). "'Vikings' Gets Four More Episodes For Season 4, Premiere Date". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  5. "Meet The Cast of 'Guidance' Season 3". Awesomenesstv. August 10, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  6. Andreeva, Nellie (October 11, 2017). "'Warrior': Cinemax Sets Cast & Director For Bruce Lee-Inspired Martial Arts Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  7. Harmata, Claudia (November 10, 2019). "The Good Place's Manny Jacinto Engaged to Longtime Girlfriend Dianne Doan". People. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  8. "The CW Press | DC's Legends of Tomorrow". The CW: ViacomCBS Press Express. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
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